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Pierre Huyghebaert

"We now leave #navigation to our #phones. The result: more of us are getting hopelessly lost." #JohnHarris
theguardian.com/commentisfree/
"#GPS has cut us off from a basic human skill. It’s no wonder #mountain #rescuers are being called out so often. [...] Between 2019 and 2024, the total number of #rescues had increased by 24%, and there was a marked jump among the 18 to 24 age group, among whom callouts almost doubled. [...] across #Britain, there is evidently a mounting problem about the gap between people’s urge to experience wild and open spaces, and their ability to cope when they actually get there. [...] research suggesting that “people with greater lifetime GPS experience have worse #spatialmemory during self-guided navigation”. [...] retested 3 years after the initial research, when they found that “greater GPS use since initial testing was associated with a steeper decline in hippocampal-dependent spatial memory”. The #hippocampus is the part of the brain that deals with navigation: among London taxi drivers, the need to memorise so many geographical details was found to cause it to increase in size. But here were findings that suggested the opposite: reliance on automated #directions reducing people’s capacity to navigate for themselves." #cartography
Thx #SophieBerrebi

The Guardian · We now leave navigation to our phones. The result: more of us are getting hopelessly lostBy John Harris
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seanpm2001 🇺🇦️

If there are any OpenStreetMap contributors reading, I have an important correction that needs to be made regarding Spokane, Washington:

I used to live on the South Hill, and could walk to Moran Prairie Elementary School within 10 minutes. It was located at the base of the hill (the street I used to live on is highlighted in orange) However, on OpenStreetMap, it is showing Chase Middle School, which is much further away. I don't know how to edit OpenStreetMap, but there is an important correction that needs to be made here.

I have noted this error to be visible for over 2 months without any attempts to fix it.

#openstreetmap#osm#spokane
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Dan Q

In preparation for Family D&D Night (and with thanks to my earlier guide to splicing maps together!), I've finally completed an expanded "overworld" map for our game world. So far, the kids have mostly hung around on the North coast of the Central Sea, but they're picked up a hook that may take them all the way across to the other side... and beyond?

Banana for scale.

(If your GMing for kids, you probably already know this, but "feelies" go a long way. All the maps. All the scrolls. Maybe even some props. Go all in. They love it.)

#note #family #dungeonsAndDragons #rpgs #games #boardGames #roleplaying #children #parenting #maps #cartography

Via: 🔗 danq.me/2025/04/18/family-dds-

On a dining table lies a old-style map comprised of 12 sheets of A4 paper, sellotaped together. The map shows the 'Central Sea', an inlet from the 'Terminic Ocean', around which various settlements, forests, mountain ranges, and swamps can be found. An underripe banana sits in one corner of the map, weighing it down.
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Calishat

#China #Philippines #cartography #GoogleMaps

' A recent update to Google Maps now prominently displays the label “West Philippine Sea” over waters west of the Philippines, fueling discussion about a longstanding territorial dispute with China, which continues to refer to the area as the South China Sea.'

rfa.org/english/southchinasea/

An activist holds a prop with the words “defend West Philippine Sea” during a protest outside the Chinese Consulate in Manila’s financial district on the anniversary of an international arbitral court ruling invalidating Beijing’s historical claims over the waters of the South China Sea, in Makati City, Philippines, July 12, 2021.
Radio Free Asia · Beijing, Manila at odds over Google Maps update on South China SeaBy Taejun Kang for RFA
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💧🌏 Greg Cocks

Why Geological Maps Are The Best Investment You’ve Never Heard Of - Investments In Geological Mapping Paid Off Big Time For Americans.
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zmescience.com/science/geology <-- shared opinion piece
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profession.americangeosciences <-- shared technical cost-benefit analysis
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geosociety.org/GSA/gsa/positio <-- shared 2003 GSA appraisal
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[I am, of course, biased in this regard, but I also like well-presented metrics – and use cases being met are my favourite!]
#geology #value #cost #mapping #cartography #cartographic #USA #costbenefit #geologicmapping #metrics #usecase #fedscience #appliedscience #engineeringgeology #spatial #GIS #construction #resources #naturalresources #engineering #risk #hazard #naturaldisasters #payoff #investment #massmovement #groundwater #waterresources #water #hydrology #rareearth #minerals #mining #oilandgas #exploration #underground #money #economics #publicgood #publicvalue #investment

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Conspiracy of Cartographers

Another #Coachella Valley map from the Retrofuture series…
The town of Coachella is to the northwest, this is the 1:250000 USGS quad of the Salton Sea, 1950, with 66m sea level rise. Also, check out Joshua Tree National Monument in the upper left.

More #Retrofuture maps…conspiracyofcartographers.com/

#climateChange #maps #cartography #Indio #ImperialValley #SanAndreasFault #CoachellaValley #SaltonSea #SeaOfCortez #SeaLevelRise #JoshuaTreeNP #WorldBuilding #Futurism #outsiderArt

A retrofuture map of Salton Sea—a 1950 USGS quad with 66m sea level rise.
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earthling

@jen_king_geo

A History of the World in 12 Maps by Jerry Brotton, 2013

A fascinating look at twelve maps—from Ancient Greece to Google Earth—and how they changed our world

In this masterful study, historian and cartography expert Jerry Brotton explores a dozen of history's most influential maps, from stone tablet to vibrant computer screen. Starting with Ptolemy, "father of modern geography," and ending with satellite cartography,

@bookstodon
#books
#nonfiction
#cartography
#maps

A History of the World in 12 Maps brings maps from classical Greece, Renaissance Europe, and the Islamic and Buddhist worlds to life and reveals their influence on how we—literally—look at our present world. As Brotton shows, the long road to our present geographical reality was rife with controversy, manipulation, and special interests trumping science. Through the centuries maps have been wielded to promote any number of imperial, religious, and economic agendas, and have represented the idiosyncratic and uneasy fusion of science and subjectivity.
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